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CVE-2003-0032
Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.5%
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Description
Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load algorithms via libtool.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20030103 Multiple libmcrypt vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030105 GLSA: libmcrypt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-228 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- CLA-2003:567 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 6512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- libmcrypt-libtool-memory-leak(10988) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
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